2013 ACM Awards Checks In With #CMchat On Twitter, Dish On Details for Sunday’s Show! Tonight’s (Monday, April 1st), #CMchat featured Jessica Northey chatting it up with the ACM Awards! She asked the questions, and they provided the answers, filling fans in on all the goings on for this week and the big night! From the role of social media to how the awards show got started to how many awards get handed out, all you could want to know is below! The 48th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards air LIVE on Sunday, April 7th on CBS at 7pm CST! This year’s show is hosted by Blake Shelton and Luke Bryan. Go here for the complete list of nominees, see who already earned an award and find out who is performing! Question 1 Q1 Who is this tweeting for @acmawards & what do you do there? #CMchat — Jessica Northey (@JessicaNorthey) April 2, 2013 Answer 1 @jessicanorthey A1 Jenny Driessen, Social Media Manager here at the ACM 🙂 #CMchat — ACM Awards (@ACMawards) April 2, 2013 Question 2 Q2 @acmawards How many full time staff members do you have? #CMchat — Jessica Northey (@JessicaNorthey) April 2, 2013 Answer 2 A2: We have expanded a bit recently, but we’re now at 21 full-time staffers at the moment! #CMchat @jessicanorthey — ACM Awards (@ACMawards) April 2, 2013 Question 3 Q3 How did the @acmawards get started?#CMchat — Jessica Northey (@JessicaNorthey) April 2, 2013 Answer 3 @jessicanorthey A3 Country Music was a HUGE hot spot in Southern California in the 60s&was formed to promote west coast based artist #CMchat — ACM Awards (@ACMawards) April 2, 2013 Question 4 Q4 What is something most people would be surprised to learn about the @acmawards? #CMchat — Jessica Northey (@JessicaNorthey) April 2, 2013 Answer 4 A4 Definitely the different personalities of our staff– honestly, we crack each other up- entertaining ourselves, but it works! ha! #CMchat — ACM Awards (@ACMawards) April 2, 2013 Question 5 Q5 Can people still get tickets to @acmawards? #CMchat — Jessica Northey (@JessicaNorthey) April 2, 2013 Answer 5 @jessicanorthey A5 Fans can join us over at ACM Fan Jam during the #ACMs & et tix for the Tim Special Monday! acmcountry.com/tickets.html #CMchat — ACM Awards (@ACMawards) April 2, 2013 Question 6 Q6How many @acmawards are given out? #CMchat (you can give the on & off camera info) — Jessica Northey (@JessicaNorthey) April 2, 2013 Answer 6 @jessicanorthey A6 Oh man! That varies year to year, but about 80 or so. Includes On Camera, Special Awards, Songwriter OTY, etc. #CMchat — ACM Awards (@ACMawards) April 2, 2013 Question 7 Q7How are @acmawards decided? Fan vote vs academy members? #CMchat — Jessica Northey (@JessicaNorthey) April 2, 2013 Answer 7 @jessicanorthey A7 The professional members vote on all awards & fan votes are combined for ACM Entertainer & New Artist OTY #CMchat — ACM Awards (@ACMawards) April 2, 2013 Question 8 Q8 How does someone become a member of the @acmawards? #CMchat — Continue reading 2013 ACM Awards Complete Details: #CMchat Recap→